[Hamp-law] Watch the ICJ hearing on Israeli Security Wall Case

[Flavio Risech]

From: International Court of Justice - Webmaster <webmaster at icj-cij.org>
Subject: International Court of Justice - Press release 2004/10 - Legal Co
	nsequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied 
Palestinian Terr
	itory - Live video coverage of Court hearings on the Internet
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 16:12:09 +0100

Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian
Territory

Live video coverage of Court hearings on the Internet

     THE HAGUE, 19 February 2004. The public hearings before the
International Court of Justice (ICJ), principal judicial organ of the United
Nations, to be held from 23 to 25 February 2004 in the case concerning the
Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian
Territory (request for advisory opinion), will be broadcast live and in full
on the Court's official website (www.icj-cij.org).

     The Court has decided to provide video coverage of its hearings on the
Internet in response to the exceptional interest in this case shown by the
general public, civil society and the media worldwide, and in view of the
Court's very limited seating space for members of the public and journalists
at the Peace Palace in The Hague. The Court intends to provide such
webstreaming in the future for cases of a similar nature.

     The hearings will be filmed by the Court's permanent network of cameras
in the Great Hall of Justice at the Peace Palace. Audio streaming will be
available only in the Court's two official languages, English and French.

     The programme of hearings scheduled by the Court can be found under
Press Release 2004/9. The names of the various speakers will not be
indicated on the viewing screen for technical reasons. You will hear the
name announced by the President when the speaker takes the floor or you can
check the list of members of delegations elsewhere on the Court's website
(click on "Docket" then on the hyperlink for the case and lastly on "Oral
Pleadings", where you will find a list of the transcripts (CR references) of
the oral statements arranged by half-day session. Each transcript starts
with a list of the members of the various delegations).

Practical information

     To ensure that the webcast hearings reach the widest possible audience,
it has been decided to provide for two streaming options that will be
suitable for different types of Internet connection:

1. audio and video streaming for fast broadband connections;

2. audio and video streaming for slower ordinary telephone connections.

     To follow the webcasting of the Court's hearings in the best possible
conditions, we recommend the use of a recent model of computer and an
up-to-date version of the Windows Media Player software.

     It is still possible that there may be temporary pauses in the live
video coverage due to high traffic on the Court's website. We recommend in
such cases that you try again later, either during the hearings or
afterwards, when the same footage will be available via the archive link.

     If you miss the live hearings (for example, because of website
congestion or of the time difference with your country) you can always click
on "Video Archive". Here you can retrieve the completed webcast hearings
which will be archived after every half-day session, like the written
transcripts.

___________

Information Department:
Mr. Arthur Witteveen, First Secretary of the Court (tel: + 31 70 302 23 36)
Mrs. Laurence Blairon and Mr. Boris Heim, Information Officers (tel: + 31 70
302 23 37)
E-mail address: information at icj-cij.org